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Kommen Sie bitte, und listen to Kraftwerk

Frasermoo — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:28:09 -0800

Kraftwerk have been around for nigh on forty years. They take a bit of getting used to if you are new to them, but the rewards are great. Even if you are a cynic. Kraftwerk defined a German push in post-war identity and subsequently laid foundations for the 4 to the floor that alot of us love as well as ambient, trance and chill-out... so Kommen Sie bitte, und listen to Kraftwerk.

R.I.P. Klaus Dinger, the king of motorik

porn in the woods — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:08:49 -0800

Klaus Dinger, drummer and co-founder of Krautrock titans Neu! (with Michael Rother) and drummer on the first Kraftwerk LP, has passed away at age 61. A sad day for motorik fans. Great post from February about the KraftNeu! collaboration.

Roger Mainwood's 1979 animated film of Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn', plus other assorted forward-thinking clips featuring the same music and/or theme

Item — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:06:59 -0800

Autobahn, a 12 minute animated film by Roger Mainwood, was commissioned by Kraftwerk's record label in 1979 to be released on one of the first ever laser discs. Here's a quick 'making of' featurette, a short interview with the filmmaker, and several live versions of the epic and innovative track. Bonuses: Die Mensch-Maschine - 1982 Austrian television documentary on the group: one, zwei Undated piece featuring interviews with former members Karl Bartos and Wolfgang Flür: eins, two

Early Kraftwerk @ YouTube

misteraitch — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:08:06 -0800

Early Kraftwerk @ YouTube, from when they still had long hair—Ruckzuck live on WDR TV in 1970; Truckstop Gondolero (aka Rückstossgondoliere), a 1971 performance where the line-up is Florian with Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother, later of NEU!; Heavy Metal Kids (audio only), also from 1971; and a lovely version of Tanzmusik (1973). The band are more recognisable in a snippet from Autobahn, as feautured in the British pop-science TV show Tomorrow’s World in 1975. Bonus tracks: Silver Forest by Ralf & Florian’s pre-Kraftwerk outfit Organisation; and Organisation’s rendition of Ruckzuck. Also, a tantalisingly brief clip of NEU! playing an early version of their song Hero, in 1974.

Japanese JB Juxtaposition Jamboree

Burhanistan — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:08:01 -0800

Interpreted: James Brown meets Kraftwerk.

My mother is a fish.

John of Michigan — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:34:06 -0800

Faulkner or machine translation? Who wrote it? William Faulkner or some German-translating computer robot program? You decide!

they're also available for weddings and bar mitzvahs

LimePi — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:08:44 -0800

Global Fussball OK (video)

Rock out with your Kraut out

cloeburner — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:39:46 -0800

Krautrock: From the hypnotic rhythms and melodies of Can, to the revolutionary electronics of Kraftwerk. Krautrock was a genre that spawned many genius acts. The communal bands like Amon Duul II and Siloah that were soon to be emulated by cult-like restaurant owners, Ya Ho Wha . There were the obscure acts like Zweistein whose sound evokes thoughts of current bands like Animal Collective and Wooden Wand. And there were albums the ground-breaking albums like Tangerine Dream's dark, ambient, Phaedra and the Manuel Gottsching record E2-E4 which is considered to be the first techno album ever produced. Needless to say, Krautrock's influence has been lasting and monumental.

Boing Ping Boom Tschak!

starscream — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:23:59 -0800

The real Kraftwerk pocket calculator! With a sound sample of it playing 'Computerwelt'. I never knew this existed!

Boing-Boom-Tschak!

swordfishtrombones — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:37:19 -0800

Music Non Stop Create your own version of the Kraftwerk classic. Or make those silly robots dance. Lots of cute little 80s retro flash stuff.